WWE News & Rumor Roundup: Former champion has officially quit the business; Vince McMahon to start a new company; Brock Lesnar's F5 used by star
Welcome to the latest edition of Sportskeeda Wrestling's WWE News & Rumor Roundup. Today, we have some huge stories.
Vince McMahon is reportedly starting a new company, while a former WWE Superstar has confirmed his retirement. Also, Bobby Lashley recently opened up about a certain backstage issue multiple stars had. So, let's get right into today's roundup.
#1 NXT results from last night
The first episode of NXT following Halloween Havoc was an eventful one. Multiple big matches were set up for next week's show in the ECW Arena. Here is a rundown of what happened:
- Tatum Paxley defeated Wendy Choo in a Casket Match.
- Charlie Dempsey defeated Lexis King to retain the Heritage Cup.
- Zaria defeated Brinley Reece with an F5. Multiple women ran in for a mass brawl before Jordynne Grace made her NXT return.
- Kelani Jordan defeated Nikkita Lyons. Adrian Rizzo attacked Lyons after the match.
- Bubba Ray Dudley confronted Ethan Page and Ridge Holland, before agreeing to team up with Trick Williams against the two of them.
- Rhea Ripley shared words of encouragement to Zaria, Stephanie Vaquer, Giulia, Kelani Jordan, and Jordynne Grace. She was later busted open by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez in an unseen parking lot attack.
- Axiom and Nathan Frazer defeated Je'Von Evans and Cedric Alexander to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship.
- Je'Von Evans and Wes Lee had a backstage fight before briefly getting interrupted by Rob Van Dam, who said he knew what he wanted to do next week.
#2 Vince McMahon's new company
Disgraced former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is reportedly preparing to launch a new entertainment-based company.
According to PWInsider, multiple former employees of McMahon's are already working on the project, including former COO Brad Blum. However, Kevin Dunn has not been involved in it so far.
There aren't any plans for this company to be involved in the wrestling business. It is being described as a new "entertainment hub company" that would financially back and develop film and television productions, focusing on fiction and non-fiction projects.
#3 Multiple WWE stars tried to get Omos fired, says Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley recently appeared on the Lame Guys Podcast, where he spoke about multiple topics. Among them was his feud with Omos in 2022.
The former WWE Champion revealed that a few stars tried to get The Nigerian Giant fired because he allegedly hit too hard. Lashley, however, embraced the challenge of facing Omos at WrestleMania 38:
"When [Omos] first came on, they were gonna fire him because he hurt a couple people. He’s a freaking giant. He makes me feel like a child and when he came in there at the beginning, he was wrestling with certain people and there was a couple people like, ‘Gosh dang it!’ And yelling at him and trying to make him look bad to the office and trying to get him fired because he hit a dude hard and stuff like that," said Bobby Lashley.
While he hasn't been seen in months, Omos is still a part of WWE.
#4 Tucker retires from wrestling
Levi Cooper (fka Tucker in WWE) recently confirmed that he is retired from professional wrestling. Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone reported that he is focused on coaching high school wrestling and raising his two kids.
Tucker was in WWE from 2013 until 2021, winning the 24/7 Championship twice. His most notable run came in a tag team with Otis known as Heavy Machinery. He had a few matches for DEFY Wrestling following his release, with the last one coming in June 2023.